Friends and family!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
I'm so so sorry for the short emails lately, my hand just won't allow for it!
Update on that: I was going to meet with an orthopedic specialist last Wednesday, but my hand was greatly improving so we decided to cancel the appointment. Well, something happened, we don't exactly know what, but my thumb and my fingers (especially my middle finger) has been hurting VERY badly since Tuesday night. So, we rescheduled the appointment for today at 12:15. But, until then, I have no idea what's going on other than a seriously bad sprain!
My goodness, this week has been interesting! I ended up having to take my companion to the ER early Tuesday morning! She had a severe allergic, hives reaction to something (we still don't know what) and she woke me up at midnight telling me she had hives all over her body and she couldn't breathe, so I took her to the hospital (while calling all the San Angelo missionaries and finally President Heap picked up while we were pulling into the parking lot) and they helped the reaction go away, but we didn't end up going home until about 3:45 AM, so we got special permission to sleep in :) Everything is okay now, but we have been through quite the string of injuries and illnesses and infirmities of every kind! Including sister Donis making a swag sign to one of the other missionaries and she POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE! Lol! That one was pretty funny, in the pictures, you can see her eye swelled up because of it!
I think the most incredible thing is that even though my companion and I are kind of broken right now, miracles still happened this week. We were able to meet with people missionaries haven't been able to meet with in a long time and we had some less active members of the YSA branch come to church yesterday! One of them hasn't been to church since she was 12 years old! So many people came yesterday and it really was a tender mercy from the Lord, especially with everything that's going on right now.
Life is good, but it's getting better :) I love being a missionary and I wouldn't rather be anywhere else with anybody else doing any other thing in the world right now!! I love my sweet, sweet Sister Donis and I love San Angelo so much! I'm so grateful we can continue to bring people unto Christ even though we have physical ailments. There is something we as missionaries recite a lot in the mission. It's called the Standard of Truth :)
"The Standard of Truth has been erected. NO unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing. Persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, but the truth of God will go forth bodly, nobly, and independent, 'till it has penetrated every continent, swept every country, and sounded in every ear and the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say, 'The work is done.'"
I love you all so much and I hope y'all have an amazing week this week! Happy Thanksgiving! Don' forget to show your gratitude and eat lots and lots of Turkey! ;)
Love,
Sister Heather Overson
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| Sister Donis' hives (this wasn't even the worst of it!) |
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| For a YSA activity, I dug out gummy bears out of a bowl of whipped cream :) |
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| Sister Donis doing her "SWAG" sign in the hospital bed that later caused picture #7 |
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| Getting pills and an epipen for Sister Donis |
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| I found a baby leopard gecko!! |
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| Our relief society president and our mission leader (they're siblings) cleaned the entire church by themselves! |
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| Sister Donis' poor swollen eye :( |
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